Exploring the Link between Hydrodynamic Size and Immunoglobulins of Circulating Immune Complexes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Autor: Tamara Djukić, Ivana Drvenica, Marijana Kovačić, Sladjan Milanović, Dragana Majerič, Mirjana Šefik-Bukilica, Maja Miletić, Branko Bugarski, Vesna Ilić
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 25, Iss 6, p 3138 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 25063138
1422-0067
1661-6596
DOI: 10.3390/ijms25063138
Popis: The function of immune complexes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is related to their composition and size. Using dynamic light scattering (DLS), we investigated the link between the RA circulating immune complex (CIC) particles’ size and the CIC immunoglobulin level. In this study, 30 RA patients and 30 healthy individuals were included. IgA, IgG, and IgM were found in all analyzed CICs, but more IgA and IgG were found in RA than in control CICs. In both control and RA CICs, DLS detected 50 particles that differed in size and clustered around two size groups: with a 7.5–164 nm radius and with a 342–1718 nm radius. An increased level of IgA in RA CICs, compared to control ones, was associated with more than 50% of CIC particles. In RA, compared to the control, a higher number of CICs with 28.2 nm, 531 nm, 712 nm, and 1718 nm particles and a lower number of CICs with 78.8 nm particles were detected. This particle distribution pattern did not reflect the changes in the CIC immunoglobulin level. Thus, RA elevated CIC IgA was linked with all these particles (except the 1718 nm particle), the IgM increase was linked with 43.8 nm and 712 nm particles, and the IgG increase was linked with the 712 nm particle only. This study provides the very first data on the association between CIC particles’ size, CIC immunoglobulin level, and RA. It opens the possibility that the size of CICs determined by DLS can be used as a criterion in RA diagnosis or monitoring after a large-scale study confirmation.
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